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beyond the influence of the sea-air, while at a distance from the sea it seldom survives the first summer, 
may be considered, indeed, almost a marine plant. 
Say, dost thou spring from earth, 
Or from the sea derive thy birth. 
Thou bright and dazzling flower ? 
The wild wave roars around thy throne, 
And seems to claim thee for its own, 
Thou emperor of an hour! 
There ! plain upon thy leaves imprest, 
Ocean has left its foamy crest. 
Frosting thy crown of gold ; 
Yet deep into the yielding sand, 
Thy tapering root hath ta’en its stand, 
With steadfast hold ; 
And spite of winter’s snow and summer’s rain, 
Firm as the rock itself wilt thou remain. 
It 
2.— THE SCARLET HORNED-POPPY. (Glaucium corniculatum, Curtis.) 
Synonymes. — G. phceniceum, Smith ; Chelidonium corniculatum, Specific Character. —Stem hairy. Stem-leaves pinnatifid, cut. 
Lin. Pod rough, with upright bristles. (Smith.) 
Engravings. —Eng.'Bot., t. 1433 ; 2d ed., t. 749 ; and our fig. 2, 
in PI. 7. 
Description, &c. —This is a very showy annual, occasionally found wild on the sea shore of the Eastern 
coast of England, but rather a doubtful native. It is, however, a very handsome plant, and well deserving of 
cultivation. 
3.— THE VIOLET HORNED-POPPY. (Glaucium violaceum, Smith.) 
Synonymes. —Chelidonium hybridum, Lin.; Romeria hybrida, Dec. 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 201 ; 2d ed., t. 750 ; and our fig. 4, 
in PI. 7. 
Specific Character. —Pods three to four-valved, erect, with rigid 
bristles at the apex. Leaves doubly pinnatifid, linear, smooth. 
(Lindley.) 
Description, &c.— 1 This is a very beautiful plant, but its beauty is of the most fugitive nature that can be 
imagined, as the petals fall almost as soon as they have expanded. It is an annual, and it is found in corn¬ 
fields in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire; but it is a very doubtful native. 
GENUS IY. 
THE CELANDINE. (Chelidonium, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Sepals two, smooth. Petals four. Stamens I valves opening from bottom to top. Seeds crested. Herbaceous plants 
numerous. Pod long, two-valved ; the placenta; not connate; the j withsmooth, brittle, tender leaves, and an acrid yellow juice. (Lindley.) 
Description, &c. —The common Celandine, or Swallow-wort, as it is sometimes called, is very abundant 
in church-yards and waste places in almost every part of England; but it flourishes most in calcareous soils. 
The name of Chelidonium is derived from a Greek word which signifies a swallow ; and it alludes to a 
superstition, which was formerly very generally believed, that young swallows could not see till the old birds 
had anointed their eyes with the juice of this plant. The name of Swallow-wort alludes to the same fancy. 
Culpeper says that this herb, if gathered when the sun is in the sign of the Lion, is the best cure of all diseases 
of the eyes; and it is said to be used in the composition of several quack medicines used for such 
complaints. 
